Mona Elliot is a Victoria girl and proof Victoria has style. I haven’t seen her in over a year so it was great to catch up Friday on Glowbal’s patio. Always trendy, sexy and chic, this beauty knows where the hot spots are in the capital city, so I had to get the scoop from a local. The next time you take a boat or a plane to the Island, now you’ll know where eat, sip, dance and shop.

Mona’s wearing:

Sweater - Joe Fresh

Floral Top – Luv It Boutique

Snake print leggings – American Apparel

Heels – Aldo

Lipstick – MAC Girl About Town

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Mona talks:

Bengal Lounge at the Empress Hotel

Veneto

Azuma Sushi

Touch Lounge

Lower Johnson Street (LoJo)

Being half French, it’s no surprise Chloe Berge’s favourite city is Paris and that she’s fond of fashion. This UBC Art History Graduate and ex Vitamin Daily intern also adores art, food, wine, and red velvet cupcakes, and spends her afternoons perusing the VAG and South Granville art galleries or getting her shopping fix on Main Street and West 4, in Gastown and at Holts and Aritzia to satisfy her denim cravings. On a night out, she frequents her fave restaurants Hapa Izakaya, Coast, Market, Glowbal, La Brasserie (for the truffle oil poutine), Cielo’s and Pearl on White Rock Beach. Having grown up there, she admits she’s still a bit of summer beach bum. But don’t let that fool you as she truly is a girly girl who loves buying herself flowers, treating her toes to pedicures and picking up a great red lipstick or nail polish for instant glamour. If you see her out and about, buy her a glass of champagne. She won’t say no to a good glass of bubbly.

Valerie Tiu is a freelance fashion writer and stylist, as well as the marketing and pr gal for local label Noir Bonbon. Gastown is her shopping hot spot, especially Nouvelle Nouvelle and Deluxe Junk, and her mom’s closet and Value Village are her go-to’s for some killer 80’s and 90’s pieces. When she’s not immersed in fashion, she hangs out with her best friends at Kingyo Izakaya on Denman, Trattoria on 4th or waiting in line for a meal-on-the-fly Japa dog. She loves spending an entire day reading books and blogs in bed while listening to pop hits of yesteryear and indulging in dark chocolate with sea salt.

Seems I’ve found two great gals to join my team. Welcome Chloe and Val!